21D UPDATES ON SUPPLIER MODEL

AGENDA
 STREAMLINE B2B DOCUMENT SHARING WITH
INTELLIGENT OBN CONNECTIVITY

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 STREAMLINE B2B DOCUMENT SHARING WITH INTELLIGENT OBN
CONNECTIVITY

•Electronic transactions between us and our suppliers provide the most efficient, cost-effect

ive means to manage your transaction flows.

•With intelligent matching of our new suppliers to trading partners in Oracle Business Net

work (OBN) during supplier creation and internal registration, Procurement Cloud guides us th

rough establishing document sharing with your B2B-ready suppliers.

 ADDITIONAL SETUP CONFIGURATION & ROLES

This feature requires additional setup configuration:

Enable the Procure-to-Pay Business Process for messaging.

Set up our OBN Account

Roles Required:
 Supplier Manager (ORA_POZ_SUPPLIER_MANAGER_ABSTRACT)

 Supplier Administrator (ORA_POZ_SUPPLIER_ADMINISTRATOR_ABSTRACT)

 STEPS FOR ESTABLISHING DOCUMENT SHARING WITH B2B
SUPPLIERS

Create or Register Supplier

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Create Supplier Site

Supplier's OBN Account Configuration

Automatic B2B Messaging Setup

 CREATE OR REGISTER SUPPLIER

When we create or register a supplier, search and select the company from the auto-su
ggest results. This is used for checking the supplier status in OBN.
 CREATING SUPPLIER SITE

Intelligent connectivity between Procurement Cloud and the OBN determines if the supplier is enabled in OBN.
If yes, it will recommend enabling B2B messaging when creating a purchasing or pay site. We will find the OB
N Enabled attribute with a value of either Yes or No depending on whether the supplier has an OBN account.
 SUPPLIER'S OBN ACCOUNT CONFIGURATION

The OBN Enabled attribute has a contextual action displayed if the supplier is enabled
in OBN. Clicking the contextual action displays the supplier's supported documents
configured in OBN which is useful when enabling B2B messaging for the site.
 APPROVE CHANGES ON SUPPLIER PROFILE

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 APPROVE CHANGES ON SUPPLIER PROFILE

We can apply change control and Approval Routing for Updates to Organization Details, income tax data,
Create or Register Supplier [ -0P9O87654S1 .
bank accounts, and now addresses; including create and edit.

Updating any of this supplier profile information by internal users can be configured to require approvals bef
ore changes take effect.

Approval requirements are defined using flexible approval routing rules.

This feature, along with the existing supplier self-service profile management and supplier profile audit capa
bilities, continues to enhance the supplier profile change management solution.
 STEPS TO ENABLE TO EDIT SUPPLIER PROFILE

To enable the feature, perform the following steps:

Create or Register Supplier [ -0P9O87654S1 .
In the Offerings work area, select the Procurement Offering, and then click Opt In Features.

On the Opt In Procurement page, click the Features icon for the Suppliers Functional Area.

On the Edit Features page, click the Enable icon for the Approve Internal Changes on Supplier P
rofile feature.
Select the feature choice: Addresses. Click Save and Close.
 EDIT SUPPLIER ADDRESS

When editing an address, any changes to location, address purpose, phone, fax, email, inactive
date, and descriptive flexfields will require approval.
 OTHER SUPPLIER MODEL CHANGES

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 OTHER SUPPLIER MODEL CHANGES

Edit Supplier Profile during Spend Authorization Approval

Create or Register Supplier [ -0P9O87654S1 .
When a supplier is pending spend authorization approval, the current approver can now edit the supplier profile when the feature Approve I
nternal Changes on Supplier Profile is opted in. The edits done by the approver where change control is enabled will go through the same profile cha
nge approval process before they are applied to the profile.

B2B Communication Method Changes in Supplier Site

The B2B Communication Method attribute in supplier site is now renamed as Enable B2B Messaging. The values are now changed from: C
ollaboration Messaging Framework and None; to Yes and No respectively. The existing lookup, ORA_POZ_B2B_COMM_METHOD is still being
used. The lookup meanings have been updated but the lookup codes remain the same: Yes and No correspond to codes CMK and NONE respectivel
y.
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